RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a special World War II section, which features classic hand-painted A-2 leather flight jackets, a remarkable naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor, and extraordinary letters by its leading figures (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur). Other top lots span a dozen genres, and include an autograph letter by President Abraham Lincoln, a fully signed Led Zeppelin III album, autographs of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and a comprehensive Frank Lloyd Wright architectural archive. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in August 2019.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Enola Gay364 - Enola Gay
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Collection of five postal covers with postmarks honoring the 50th anniversary of the Enola Gay's historic flight, individually signed in ink by ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Enola Gay and Bockscar365 - Enola Gay and Bockscar
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Commemorative cover honoring the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombs ending World War II, signed in blue and black felt tip by Enola Gay and Bockscar
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Enola Gay and Bockscar366 - Enola Gay and Bockscar
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Group of nine covers (both postcards and envelopes) signed by crewmen of the Enola Gay and Bockscar, including: Paul W. Tibbets; George R. Caron; Thom
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Enola Gay: Tibbets and Caron367 - Enola Gay: Tibbets and Caron
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Five items signed by the Enola Gay crewmen: a ballpoint signature, "Paul Tibbets," on a white 5 x 3 card; a ballpoint signature, "Geo...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets368 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Four items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud, signed in blue felt tip, “Paul W. Tibbets, 11-29-89”; an FDC bearing a cachet honor
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets369 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Two unusual flown airmail covers: one with information filled out in Tibbets's hand, carried on a Learjet 24D for business trip from Columbus, O...
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John B. Floyd370 - John B. Floyd
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Confederate general and politician (1806-1863) who served as secretary of war under President Buchanan, the 31st governor of Virginia, and lost the cr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mitsuo Fuchida371 - Mitsuo Fuchida
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One of Japan's most skilled fliers, Fuchida (1902–1976) commanded the air attack against Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and was the last to l...
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Gettysburg372 - Gettysburg
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Civil War-related manuscript DS, signed “Corp'l Geo. C. Carson,” one page, 8 x 12.5, no date. A statement of gallantry for Major General Samuel ...
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Quincy Adams Gillmore373 - Quincy Adams Gillmore
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Union general (1825–1888) who fought at Bermuda Hundred and Drewry's Bluff. He was severely injured in his pursuit of Jubal Early in the Shenand...
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